DEVEAN GEORGE (of the mavs) BLOCKS KIDD-TO-MAVS TRADE
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allonthefield +2This is when Devean George becomes the answer to a question in Trivial Pursuit. "Who blocked the trade that would have returned star point guard Jason Kidd to the team that drafted him, the Dallas Mavericks?" -
Patrick From the article:
The issue is that if he agrees to this deal, he has to give up his Bird rights. To lose that tool in today's world of free agency is a difficult thing to do. In this day and age, the sign-and-trade is a valuable tool that I don't want to lose for Devean.
I don't think he has to worry about free agency when he's sitting on his couch next year.
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Devean George Has A No-Trade Clause?
Published 2/14/2008 by Wrigleyville at wrigleyville23
Jason Kidd isn't going to the Mavs because a reserve forward who spells his name D-e-v-e-a-n has an odd clause in his one-year contract? ...
Try to make him go to Jersey, he said "No, no, no."
Published 2/14/2008 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
You could combine all the cheers Devean George got in six seasons as a Laker and I doubt they'd add up to the big ups he's getting from the Nation right now. Granted, I imagine the trade will happen with somebody else in his place. But still, way to bleed purple and gold (or at least not not blue, red and silver), Mr George. No Christmas card from Bruce Springsteen for you. AK
Devean George Blocks Jason Kidd Trade
Published 2/14/2008 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
Filed under: Nets, Mavericks, NBA Rumors, Breaking News In an almost incomprehensible turn of events, it appears that Mavericks' scrub Devean George is going to prevent the Jason Kidd trade to Dallas from going through, at least for now. ESPN's Marc Stein has the latest:
Mavericks reserve forward Devean George has unexpectedly exercised his right to block the trade, according to NBA front-office sources. Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com that the teams verbally agreed to the deal ...
Devean George Blocks Kidd Deal With No-Trade Clause!?!
Published 2/14/2008 by Farid at Fantasy Basketball Pros
According to ESPN, Devean George will exercise his rare no-trade clause to block a proposed blockbuster trade that would have sent Jason Kidd to the Dallas Mavericks. We chronicled the trade and its fantasy impact on FBP ...
George nixes J-Kidd trade
Published 2/14/2008 by Joe Boikess at Showboating
... Okay, I’m a little flabbergasted right now. I really thought this was a done deal, but apparently it’s now as close to dead as it was a week ago. This is from an ESPN.com report: ...
Devean George Says No Dice
Published 2/14/2008 at MavsCentral.com
That's right, Devean George decided to use his no-trade clause and block the Jason Kidd-to-Dallas trade. With the New Jersey Nets poised to complete a blockbuster deal to send Jason Kidd back to Dallas on Wednesday night, Mavericks reserve forward Devean George has unexpectedly exercised his right to block the trade, according to NBA front-office sources. Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com that the teams verbally agreed to the deal earlier Wednesday and were preparing to submit the trade for league approval when George informed the Mavericks that he wouldn't ...
It’s Unofficial: Jason Kidd is Still a Net!
Published 2/14/2008 by Russ Bengtson at SLAM Online
... Who would have thought Devean George would have a no-trade clause? Should make Jason Kidd’s reunion with his teammates uncomfortable (the Kidd-less Nets got stomped by the Raptors in Toronto tonight) if the two teams can’t find another way to make this deal work. ...
Van Horn to rescue the Jason Kidd deal?
Published 2/14/2008 by Jon Burkett at The NBA Source
... In an odd twist of events, Devean George is exercising his early bird provision in his contract to veto the Jason Kidd trade. I didn’t know they gave those perks to scrubs who rode Kobe and Shaq’s coat tails in L.A.? ESPN’s Marc Stein has the scoop. ...
Devean George Blocks Kidd Trade
Published 2/14/2008 by kellex at le basketbawl: The NBA Basketball Blog
The trade was done and both teams were waiting for league approval when Devean George of the Mavericks decided to exercise his right to veto the trade! ESPN.COM: Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com that the teams verbally agreed to the deal earlier Wednesday and were preparing to submit the trade for league approval when George informed the Mavericks that he wouldn't consent to being included in the deal, which is his right based on a rare provision in his one-year contract. ...
Dropping Like Flies
Published 2/14/2008 by BigMck at RedsArmy.com: The Voice Of Celtics Fans
... Breaking News: Devean George is attempting to block the Nets/Mavericks trade which would send Jason Kidd to Dallas. ...
What’s up with the “VC Sucks” chants? We’re still not over this guy?
Published 2/14/2008 by arsenalist at Arsenalist
... agreed to trade Kidd and Allen for Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, Maurice Ager and the expiring contracts of DeSagana Diop and Devean George. It’s a good deal for both sides, the Nets get a good young point guard in Devin Harris and trade a player who didn’t want to be on the team while Dallas gets a hall-of-famer. But if the Mavs think they can now compete with the Lakers, Suns or Spurs, they’re strongly mistaken. Anyway, all was going well until you hear that Devean George has blocked the trade by invoking his no-trade clause which got me thinking, ...
Hapless Nets blown out
Published 2/14/2008 by arsenalist at Arsenalist
... agreed to trade Kidd and Allen for Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, Maurice Ager and the expiring contracts of DeSagana Diop and Devean George. It’s a good deal for both sides, the Nets get a good young point guard in Devin Harris and trade a player who didn’t want to be on the team while Dallas gets a hall-of-famer. But if the Mavs think they can now compete with the Lakers, Suns or Spurs, they’re strongly mistaken. Anyway, all was going well until you hear that Devean George has blocked the trade by invoking his no-trade clause which got me thinking, ...
The News
Published 2/14/2008 by mondesishouse at Mondesishouse.com
... --The big Jason Kidd-t0-Dallas trade has been blocked by...Devean George? A LIST OF TODAY'S TOP LISTS The 20 Least Romantic Movie Lines Ever 16 Celebrities Who Look Like They Absolutely Reek of B.O. Top 10 ...
Star-Crossed Victory
Published 2/14/2008 by Jack at The Shamrock Headband
... The All-Star break will be good for this team: guys like KG and Baby will get some added rest, and all in all the team has a lot to feel good about over the next six days or so. Next week kicks off an intense 5-game Western swing, so get ready to stay up late (Wednesday at Golden State is a 10:30 start). Also, we'd be remiss if we didn't point out that it seems our previous post was in haste... Devean George has decided to void the vaunted Kidd-to-Mavs trade in a rather stunning fuck-you to pretty much everyone and anyone who isn't Devean George. I say good for him. In any ...
D. George blocks trade of Kidd to Mavs
Published 2/14/2008 by The Nugget at The Lakers Nation
... ESPN: With the New Jersey Nets poised to complete a blockbuster deal to send Jason Kidd back to Dallas on Wednesday night, Mavericks reserve forward Devean George has unexpectedly exercised his right to block the trade. Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com that the teams verbally agreed to the deal earlier Wednesday and were preparing to submit the trade for league approval when George informed the Mavericks that he wouldn’t consent to being included in the deal, which is his right based on a rare provision in his one-year ...
Kidd To Dallas A No Go?
Published 2/14/2008 by withmalice at With Malice...
... According to Stein, just prior to the deal being finalised “George informed the Mavericks that he wouldn’t consent to being included in the deal, which is his right based on a rare provision in his one-year contract.” (ESPN - Marc Stein). George’s agent Mark Bartelstein mouthed platitudes about not intentionally blocking the trade, and pointed out that Devean was trying to do what’s best for Devean… ...
Is Jason Kidd Worth 7 First Round Draft Picks?
Published 2/14/2008 by MODI at COSELLOUT: Still Tellin' It Like It Is
... offers you their 1st round picks in 1995, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. Is the person offering the draft picks completely insane? Apparently not with 20-20 hindsight. According to reports, Jason Kidd was almost traded back to the Dallas Mavericks for Jerry Stackhouse, Devean George, Dasagna Diop, Devin Harris, Maurice Ager, and the Maverick’s 2008 & 2010 picks. Yes, that equals SEVEN 1st round picks, and it might have happened too if it weren’t for those meddling kids and Devean George’s right for a trade refusal ! Now word on the street is that Jerry Stackhouse ...
Devean George AKA DeLoser George Just Killed Us Fans
Published 2/14/2008 by Jeremy Beyda at Half-Blog Half-Amazing (An NBA Blog)
... So just as I was getting excited about the prospects of Kidd on Dallas, the shit hits the fan. As reported by ESPN, DeLoser George - a never was who is averaging under 4 points a game and less than 3 boards a game this year - vetoed the trade. Apparently DeLoser has a trade veto clause in his contract giving him the right to veto any trade to any team. So DeLoser gets to stay on the Mavs and his agent gets to pat himself on the back for a job well done. Meanwhile, the real losers in this non trade are, as usual, the fans. We are now forced to continue watching kidd decline ...
Jason Kidd is in Dallas, err… Maybe Not.
Published 2/14/2008 by JScrubb at YAYsports! NBA
... (Update: One of the spare tires in Jason Kidd trade has said he doesn’t want to go to New Jersey. I don’t blame him. I went to New Jersey once and I wasn’t impressed. But some people seem to like it. Like Bruce Springsteen.) ...
Spotes Notes, 2.14.08: Barry, Roger, Congress, BALCO; KG, Big Baby; LeBron, J-Kidd; Kobe, Pau; Shaq, Amare, Boris, Matrix Nash
Published 2/14/2008 by dwil at Sports On My Mind
... to be saying it,” James said. “Of course I wanted him to be a part of our team. If we couldn’t get him, I’m glad he’s out of the East.”
James was asked if he felt Ferry had done all he could to get Kidd.
“That’s a question you have to ask Danny,” he said. “I don’t know.”
BTW, the Kidd trade is done in principal but Devean George is blocking the deal. ESPN’s Marc Stein reports:
Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com that the teams ...
Spotes Notes, 2.14.08: Barry, Roger, Congress, BALCO; Kelvin; KG, Big Baby; LeBron, J-Kidd; Kobe, Pau; Shaq, Amare, Boris, Matrix Nash
Published 2/14/2008 by dwil at Sports On My Mind
... to be saying it,” James said. “Of course I wanted him to be a part of our team. If we couldn’t get him, I’m glad he’s out of the East.”
James was asked if he felt Ferry had done all he could to get Kidd.
“That’s a question you have to ask Danny,” he said. “I don’t know.”
BTW, the Kidd trade is done in principal but Devean George is blocking the deal. ESPN’s Marc Stein reports:
Sources close to the situation told ESPN.com that the teams ...
Suns Lose Heartbreaker to Warriors (120-118)
Published 2/14/2008 by TexSUN <info@brightsideofthesun.com> at Bright Side Of The Sun: Front Page Posts
... Up Next: The Suns return home to face the Dallas Mavericks tomorrow night. Or what's left of the Dallas Mavericks, if they manage to convince Devean George to change his mind. The NBA - where inexplicable no-trade clauses happen trade restrictions happen. (It isn't a no-trade clause. It's a ...
Devean George is Gangsta!
Published 2/14/2008 by The Inevitable Muck-up at Some People's Kids
... known that, but I have for quite a few years. My father and I always went to Augsburg to see George single-handedly crush the competition back when I was in junior high school. When he was drafted in the first round out of division III many may have scratched their heads. I knew it was deservedly so. You may be scratching your heads right now, sure he has three rings, but he was just a role player on a really good team. I cannot deny this, it is true. The thing is that George put a MONSTER block ...
Devean The Devil
Published 2/14/2008 by Corn at Hardwood Paroxysm
... First you block a freaking trade, after you requested a trade a month ago. You do so by citing freaking Bird Rights, even though, if you had gotten your way and got traded a month ago, you would have lost anyway. Then, you go 0-11 and get booed by your own fans. Not to mention the fact that probably every single person on your team hates you right now. Your lawyer says that you are starting right now and your team is playing well, so why trade? Well, obviously you team knows more than you and the only reason you are starting is because Josh Howard is ...
Early bird special: The Devean George development
Published 2/14/2008 by Jon Burkett at The NBA Source
For all you early birds, I thought I’d give you something to chew on. Thanks to Showboating’s Joe Boikess explanation to me regarding Devean George’s first right of refusal, I’ve discovered a little known perk to being on an expiring contract in which your team holds your “Early Bird” rights.
According to ESPN’s Marc Stein:
The Los Angeles Lakers‘ Kobe Bryant is the only player in the league with a specific no-trade clause in his contract, ...
Kidd's Shot Blocked
Published 2/14/2008 by Todd Spehr at ------
It would be so easy to go on a Devean George tirade right now. But I shouldn’t. I mean, I could tolerate a player refusing this Kidd deal if it were Jerry Stackhouse or Devin Harris. After all, those guys are players . But Devean George? Exercising his “contractual rights?” Uh… no. And when you throw in the fact that he is perhaps costing Jason Kidd one final chance to win an elusive title, then you can’t help but be perplexed-slash-confused-slash-angry. And I must point out I don’t care for the Dallas Mavericks. But I do appreciate Kidd, the baller that he is and the things ...
The Morning After The Night Before, XLVII
Published 2/14/2008 by Toronto Star at Doug Smith's Toronto Raptors blog
... In a nutshell, here’s what it is: George, on a one-year contract worth about $2.6 million, cannot be traded because if he does, he’ll lose his “Early Bird” rights, which, in theory allows him to make more than the mid-level exception as a free agent next summer. According to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, George is one of 18 players in the league who fall under that obscure clause in the CBA. My point, and the point I’m sure a lot of people are going to make is: In what wacky universe does this 30-year-old journeyman think he’s going to make that kind of coin next year? Or ever? ...
The Deal with Kidd Trade
Published 2/14/2008 by Tariq Ali at Cleveland Cavaliers News
The news were all over the net and media yesterday that Kidd was going back to his original team. By day end Wednesday, the deal was blocked. Apperantly, Dallas Mavericks forward Devean George excercised his rights to block the deal and he did. But according to sources , the deal will still happen. “I don’t think the trade is going anywhere,” George said, “I think it’s right there, but it’s kind of messed up how all the fingers are pointing at me.”George wanted to wait for his agent Mark Bartelstein to arrive from Chicago to hear all the details involved before making a ...
02/14 Morning Minute: DNPs, K2 and the Rich Get Richer
Published 2/14/2008 by Scott at WaitingForNextYear
... saying that the Browns should consider re-working his deal, as he did the same for them after his accident, if there is in fact some alterior motives that would ultimately end in the Browns getting the raw deal, I’m fully ready to reneg my position. I should run for office… When you have players like Jason Kidd and Devin Harris swapping teams, you cannot help but laugh at the fact that it is Devean George (Devean freaking George) who has not signed off on the deal yet. Any game that New Jersey plays without Kidd is fine by me… Wow. After I ...
Psyche!
Published 2/14/2008 by Anubis Taylor at The Howeva Files
Devean George is in fact Toni Braxton in disguise. George is currently blocking the 3rd blockbuster trade of the season in which Jason Kidd would be dealt to the Mavs using his unique rights as a player with a one-year contract. ...
Devean George Can Block A Trade? Seriously?
Published 2/14/2008 by Signal to Noise at SPORTSbyBROOKS
... along with Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, 2 others, draft picks and cash, according to the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. What are Larry Bird rights? Glad you asked. Per ESPN’s ...
Keith Van Horn, it's Mark Cuban on the phone....
Published 2/14/2008 by Stop Mike Lupica at Stop Mike Lupica
My favorite aspect of the Devean George's monster block last night (of the proposed Jason Kidd trade), besides picturing George in Mark Cuban's office acting like he just swatted a shot ("Aaah, mo-fo! Get that weak sh*t OUT of here! RETURN TO SENDER! Come hard or don't come at all...")? That there is a possibility Keith Van Horn might get a contract out of this, according to this ESPN article. ...
Mavericks Introduce New MVP
Published 2/14/2008 by Rick Cipes at The Guy Report
Most Valuable Pissant...
FSR Daily
Published 2/14/2008 by thefantasysportsreview at Fantasy Sports Review
... -And the Jason Kidd trade is once again off. Devean George has blocked the trade and Mavs coach Avery Johnson didn’t seem optimistic it would get done. Again, if and when this trade goes through, we’ll review all it’s fantasy impact. ...
Game 52: 58%
Published 2/14/2008 by clefan at Hey Larry Hughes, Please Stop Taking So Many Bad Shots
... Speaking of deals, I’d love to have Jason Kidd, but not at that price! The deal is on hold, but the Mavs agreed to trade Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop, Devean George, Jerry Stackhouse, $3 million, AND two first round draft picks! What would the Cavs have offered to compete with that? And that’s for a guy who is older, has fewer tattoos, is shorter, and weighs more than Larry Hughes. ...
BLINKs From the Couch ... No, Really
Published 2/14/2008 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
While the rest of the kids are holding it down in NOLA, I'm working from home today. It is glorious. As for the League news, Things that didn't happen yesterday own the linkable material today. First, roundups on the Kidd -to- Dallas non-deal are available at ...
Devean George has big balls
Published 2/15/2008 by Hermano at We Suck at Sports
... (!) has blocked a trade that would send him and a slew of other people to the New Jersey Nets for Jason Kidd. I can honestly say that I never thought I'd be speaking those words ever. How a player averaging under 4 pounds and 3 rebounds a game can possibly have a clause built into his contract that gives him power to control a team's movements is beyond me. He's a fringe player at best, and he's averaging 15 minutes a game on the season only because half the roster has been injured paving the way for him to get on the floor - and his numbers for January bear that out. He's ...
No Your Links: 2/15/08
Published 2/15/2008 by JakeTheSnake <info@bulletsforever.com> at Bullets Forever: Front Page Posts
... With all the trades that have been going down (or were supposed to go down) recently, some of you might be wondering if the Wizards are going to be the next ones to pull a move. ...
The Jason Kidd/Dallas Mavericks Timeline
Published 2/16/2008 by Wes Cox <info@mavsmoneyball.com> at Mavs Moneyball: Front Page Posts
... The deal appears done. During the first half of the Balzer game word leaks out that Devean George is exercising his right to reject being traded to the Nets. After going 0-11 against Portland, George explained his decision.February 14th: Marc Stein says despite Devean George's unwillingness to be traded to New Jersey the trade is very much alive. He says that eith George will change his mind, or that Dallas will consider using Keith Van Horn in a sign-and-trade. Eddie Sefko also reports that the trade ...
